On the 24th of April 2019, Iraq signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). At the signing in Baghdad, GCC Secretary-General Abdul Latif bin Rashid al-Zayani praised the agreement as a call to frequent “political consultations [between Iraqi and GCC representatives] to allow for regular dialogue on issues of mutual interest.” His Iraqi counterpart, Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali al-Hakim agreed. “The security and safety of the ...
![The Saudi Foreign Ministry, headed by Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, announced its rejection of its UNSC seat Friday in protest of "[how] the method and work mechanism and the double standards in the Security Council prevent it from properly shouldering its responsibilities towards world peace" (Andrew Burton/Reuters)](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/saudalfaisal_saudi-arabia-un.si.jpg?itok=e1zuyROh "The Saudi Foreign Ministry, headed by Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, announced its rejection of its UNSC seat Friday in protest of \"[how] the method and work mechanism and the double standards in the Security Council prevent it from properly shouldering its responsibilities towards world peace\" (Andrew Burton/Reuters)")
